Lionel Aldridge
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 14, 1941 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Evergreen, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Date of death: | February 12, 1998 (aged 56) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Shorewood, Wisconsin | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 254 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Pittsburg (CA) | ||||||||
| College: | Utah State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 4 / Pick: 54 | ||||||||
| AFL draft: |
1963 / Round: 6 / Pick: 47 (By the Houston Oilers) |
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| Games played: | 147 |
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| Games started: | 58 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
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Lionel Aldridge (February 14, 1941 – February 12, 1998) was an American professional football player, a defensive end in the National Football League for eleven seasons with the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers.
Born in Evergreen, Louisiana, Aldridge was raised by his sharecropper grandparents. After his grandfather's death when Aldridge was fifteen, he was sent to live with a steelworker uncle in northern California and played high school football at Pittsburg High School. He earned an athletic scholarship and played college football at Utah State University in Logan, and was a co-captain of the team and an All-Skyline Conference tackle.
Aldridge was selected in fourth round of the 1963 NFL draft, 54th overall, by the two-time defending NFL champion Green Bay Packers. One of the few rookies to start for head coach Vince Lombardi, he enjoyed an eleven-year NFL career. As a Packer, he played a role in their unprecedented three straight NFL Championships (1965-66-67) and victories in Super Bowls I and II. Traded to the San Diego Chargers, Aldridge played two seasons in San Diego before retiring from professional football in 1973.
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